Published: January 25, 2010
Children who are mixed-handed, or ambidextrous, are more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems in childhood than right- or left-handed children, according to a new study published today in the journal Pediatrics.
The researchers behind the study, from Imperial College London and other European institutions, suggest that their findings may help teachers and health professionals to identify children who are particularly at risk of developing certain problems. [continue reading…]
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The BBC takes a look at the use of Ritalin as a brain booster.Citing
Bioethics expert Professor John Harris of the University of Manchester, who said if the drug was safe for children, adults should also be able to take it.
Writing on the British Medical Journal website, he said many students were already using the drug – which is illegal without prescription in the UK. …..continue reading
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Katya Rubia of the
Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London and her team have reported that many of the typical behavioural problems in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could be related to problems in timing functions such as abnormal perception and reduced forward thinking.
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Published: April 28, 2009
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A recent Finnish study suggests that children’s short sleep duration even without sleeping difficulties increases the risk for behavioral symptoms of ADHD. During the recent decades, sleep duration has decreased in many countries; in the United States a third of children are estimated to suffer from inadequate sleep. It has been hypothesised that sleep deprivation may manifest in children as behavioral symptoms rather than as tiredness, but only few studies have investigated this hypothesis.
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